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	<title>lifeinflux &#187; Drue</title>
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		<title>A model system</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/26/a-model-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palo Alto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTA contributions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ I figured California would be like all the other places I lived.  You know how it goes.  You're SO excited and everything is bright and shiny and new and then small bumps appear in the road and all of a sudden you realize that you're the same, and life is pretty much the same and stress is going to happen no matter where you live.   And then you wake up one morning, drink your coffee and you look around at all the boxes left to unpack after three weeks in the house.  Then a negative thought pops into your head because you find out your window screens have holes in them and the school system's computer overhaul went horribly awry and your child is NOT actually in the school's database even though she's in the school district's.   Same ole, same ole, right?]]></description>
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		<title>A Gagaducation</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/20/a-gagaducation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epiphany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organized religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night, Drue and I drove to San Jose to attend the Lady Gaga concert.   I was concerned that the show, with its over-the-top theatrics and reported in-your-face sexuality might be a bit much for Drue.  That said, she's a huge Lady Gaga fan and tickets were somehow, amazingly, miraculously available (and they were GOOD tickets) so I made Drue a deal:  pay for a nice chunk (1/2) of your own ticket and we'll go.   Drue checked out her savings account balance, we chatted about the number of zany bands she could purchase with this hunk of cash, and after a moment's reflection, Drue said "book em, Dano!"  So I pulled out le old credit card and bought those tickets right then, right there, forthwith.  And no, Drue did not really say "book em, Dano" but I am all aquiver over this whole Hawaii Five-O business coming in the fall so I'll be working that little catch phrase into conversation and posting as much as possible.  You've been warned!"
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		<title>Year in review</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/06/year-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/06/year-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finding my bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year in review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that life has finally slowed down a bit, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the last year.  Granted, it's been more than a year since I started writing here on lifeinflux (July 27th to be exact); however, there have been some pressing matters to attend to in the last 10 days.  What have I been busy doing, you ask?   Well, I just moved my family, my business, and pretty much my entire life across the country from Fairfax, VA to the Bay Area of California for example.   And since I own and run my own business, deliverables, client needs, business development and payroll did not stop just because I was busy doing other things like packing, recycling, driving 2, 851 miles with a Meemsy, a Bear and a Drue and all our stuff we could not live without, or watching Jason avoid driving a 26-foot truck right off the Sierras.   If you want that rollercoaster rush in your every day life, go load up a huge truck with books, furniture and other accoutrements, attach a car to the end of it, and drive from Reno, Nevada to Sacramento, California at night.   Fun doesn't even begin to cover it.]]></description>
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		<title>Family Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/07/13/family-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/07/13/family-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[43 things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding my bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was little, I wanted to be a world famous concert pianist with three kids and live in New York in an amazing flat in the Village and throw fabulous parties and have my entire family attend and I just knew I would be loved and adored.  Most importantly, I felt that I would have achieved a measure of success and my father would finally say those words I longed to hear, "I love you and I'm proud of you."  I knew adulthood would be my vindication after a rollercoaster childhood and that I would have a family who cared for me and about me.   To say things did not go exactly as planned is an understatement.   I am not a concert pianist. I am not world famous.  I don't have three kids and I don't live in an amazing flat in New York.    But that said,  I really wouldn't trade who I am and my life and the people in it for anything.]]></description>
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		<title>Cat menopause, reboots and other randomness</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/04/07/cat-menopause-reboots-and-other-randomness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/04/07/cat-menopause-reboots-and-other-randomness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random blabbings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decluttering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of bumblebees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of squirrels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kodi Bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not sure whether I want to reboot the cat or simply boot her.   For the last three nights, Mimir has chirped and meowed at the windows starting sometime around 3 AM and ending when she decides it is time to nap at 9.   Of course, the window she does this from is mine.  And then, when she sees I am awake - because DUH! of COURSE I am awake - she comes over just in case I want to pet her.   This happens every hour or so until the sun wakes up whereupon the machine gun "At-at-atatatatatat" starts because OHMIGOD there are BIRDS out there.  And she must have them!  At 5 in the fricking MORNING.  I'm not sure why spring has sprung so prolifically with Meemsy and why she's choosing the middle of the night to be so mouthy.  Animals SLEEP TOO.  Does it have anything to do with turning seven this past March?  Can fixed cats go through menopause?   Is this some kitty middle-of-the-night hot flash?  Since she's already up and suffering, should she just wander over to the window to cool off?   And since she's THERE, oh LOOKIT!   A mole or vole or mouse or whatever nocturnal creature is out there whose sole purpose in the universe is to plague my very existence and ensure I NEVER SLEEP AGAIN! ]]></description>
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		<title>Amending the 101&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/03/03/amending-the-101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/03/03/amending-the-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[101 things in 1001 days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going vegan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthier living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not entirely sure how to sum up the last seven days of my life.   It feels a bit like teleporting.   At least, it feels like I'd imagine teleporting would feel.   You know, you start in one place and then you feel yourself get all split apart and then all of a sudden you're in an entirely NEW and different place but are all together.   The latest, newest and biggest news is that the Gloeges have gone all "I Can't Believe We're Not Vegan".    And by that I mean that we're not vegan in that we are not going to swear off meat forever.  I'm sorry but I need the real deal at Thanksgiving.   Tofurkey is not going to cut it.   And I'd rather give up anything else in the universe food-wise except sushi.   So there may be an occasional noshing of the raw fish.   But otherwise, we have given up meat, dairy, raw sugar and white, processed foods.  How and why we decided to do this is a whole 'nother post - and one that may be posted over where my new project (TBA soon!) lives, but suffice it to say that we, as a family, have never eaten or pooped so well.  And that's all I'm saying about that.  You can thank me later.]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to my cat who chews cords</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/02/26/ode-to-my-cat-who-chews-cords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/02/26/ode-to-my-cat-who-chews-cords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Pet Peeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimir]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mimir goes by many names - Meer, Meemsy, Pooh Bear, Tiger Cat.   And then there is my personal favorite - Mimir Damnit - and that is probably the name the cat is called more than any others.    Granted, in the past, calling the cat "Damnit" has gotten me in trouble.   Who can ever forget their first call by their child's teacher asking that you come in and discuss your child's family tree whereupon you find a picture of an orange blob with the name "Mimir Danmit" written on a bottom limb?    Mimir, like the other females in this house, is opinionated, stubborn and determined to do it her way.   You'd think we playing Frank Sinatra on perma-loop around here.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelming randomness&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/27/overwhelming-randomness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/27/overwhelming-randomness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random blabbings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pancakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[randomness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day, Jason whined that my posts on Lifeinflux are not as random and fun as my posts used to be when I was on Livejournal. He said that random and fun were the reasons people read as opposed to, you know, my insightful observations and words of profound wisdom.  Mom, stop chuckling.  I HEAR YOU.   I reminded Jason that sharing crap in my head frequently scares people off.    Jason's reply was "but I love peanut cookies" which means that in Jason's opinion scaring people off is fun and random... and that I was holding our mega jar of Peter Pan peanut butter in my hands.   A = B = C, right?   And yes, I meant to type HANDS.  We buy our peanut butter in volume at Costco.   Deal.     So, in honor of Jason's request, and because today I do NOT have time to bake him peanut cookies, I will share the random crap that popped into my head between the hours of 2 AM and right now.   Don't say I didn't warn you.]]></description>
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		<title>The real meaning of love (and tolerance)</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/09/the_real_meaning_of_love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/09/the_real_meaning_of_love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the daily snap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimir]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don't think any other image sums up Drue and Mimir's relationship as well as this one.   Do I need to say more?]]></description>
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		<title>2009 &#8211; A Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2009/12/31/2009-a-year-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2009/12/31/2009-a-year-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 in review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy new year]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 31, 2008, I was sitting at Office of Personnel Management, sending out 45,312 emails to GoLearn users who were on the system but not paying for their usage.    I was also dealing with two new hires that I regretted hiring about a week after they were brought on board.  But they were my hires and I was stuck with them and all the good, bad and ugly of my soul-sucking job.  I hadn't yet lost all hope and accepted that the only good was the fat paycheck so with great naivete and hope, I updated my facebook status to read "2009 will be the best year yet".  The funny thing is that it was!]]></description>
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